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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1920

Page

8

Electrically Driven Washers and Local Happenings

An electric washer promises labor saving and gentler treatment for clothes with a 20 percent discount at Iowa Gas & Electric Co. Miss Angeline Burke visits Pleasant Plain for the weekend. Walter Williams tours E K Bruce gold fish hatchery in Thornburg, the United States’ largest facility with seventeen ponds. The hatchery breeds fancy fish, shipping worldwide.

Iowa Gas & Electric Co Iowa Walter Williams Thornburg E. K Bruce United States Walter Ile

Local notices and classifieds from Brighton visit and services

Miss Katherine Wysoske visits her Brighton home this morning to see her parents as local ads advertise steady work washing for families and cheap laundry service. Listings include Hart Schaffner and Marx suits at Klein Klothing Ko and a tire sale at Overland Washington Company with 20 percent off Fisk tires through July 1.

Katherine Wysoske Brighton Hart Schaffner Marx Klein Klothing Ko Fisk Overland- Washington Company Overland-Washington Company Klein Klothing

Local notices from Washington area include services and sales

Misc items list taxi service and phone numbers, travel for Mae Campbell to Ann Arbor for nursing training, a Baptist Ladies bake sale on June 26 at Orr's, farmland listings by Dempsey Land Company, pump repair by BF P Foss, and social updates from Alvin Johnson, Marjorie Bendell, Frank Chihak, and Mary Benz. It also notes caps sale by Klein Clothing and tire offers, plus W R C encampment attendees in Ottumwa and related travel.

Tire and clothing sales and local visits in small town Idaho

A string of brief notes updates residents on shopping sales at Overland Washington Company and Gus Bramer, including big tire sale prices, Hart Schaffner and Marx suits offered at $38, and made to order wool suits. It mentions Mrs. A Boone and Mrs. Garvin returning home from visits, Mrs. S J Welkin meeting Mrs Marr in Washington on business, and a pledge payment due to the M C A.

Overland-Washington Company S. J. Welkin Keota W. T. Marr Ainsworth Washington

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